They're great - I think you can pick up some of their stuff from the Brew Shop/Platypus. I've only had Sahalie and La Tache, but they were good enough that I'd take them over the other places in Bend. Anyone who specializes in wild ales and barrel aging is doing it right - and besides Deschutes, they seem to be the only dedicated joint in town.

I'll have to try Good Life again. The last four or five times I've tried it, it's been a little disappointing. Maybe Curt and the gang have worked out their system. Silver Moon makes some great hoppy beers (I really liked Hoptagon) but I haven't had their non pales/IPAs.

Really glad you didn't list 10 Barrel - that place still doesn't know how to make good beer. I've been there probably 10 times (because it's a great venue) but their beer always fails to deliver. I know a big group of MTBR guys just went to Bend and went to 10 Barrel a few times, and they agree that it's not one of the better breweries in town.

They're great - I think you can pick up some of their stuff from the Brew Shop/Platypus. I've only had Sahalie and La Tache, but they were good enough that I'd take them over the other places in Bend. Anyone who specializes in wild ales and barrel aging is doing it right - and besides Deschutes, they seem to be the only dedicated joint in town.

I'll have to try Good Life again. The last four or five times I've tried it, it's been a little disappointing. Maybe Curt and the gang have worked out their system. Silver Moon makes some great hoppy beers (I really liked Hoptagon) but I haven't had their non pales/IPAs.

Really glad you didn't list 10 Barrel - that place still doesn't know how to make good beer. I've been there probably 10 times (because it's a great venue) but their beer always fails to deliver. I know a big group of MTBR guys just went to Bend and went to 10 Barrel a few times, and they agree that it's not one of the better breweries in town.

I always thought Ale Apothecary was an ale club; cool beans if I can buy elsewhere!

Yeah, 10 Barrel never ceases to disappoint. Why is that?? But their food is, IMO, sublime for brewery food.

I went to 10 Barrel not long after they opened. I liked the beer, at least in the sense that I found it very drinkable, but did not like the food. So I guess I'm the opposite of you, DirtFarmer. But that was long ago. Maybe food has improved since the early days, or I ordered the wrong thing. I still like 10 Barrel's IPA quite a bit, especially when I need an Oregon IPA in 6 packs.

I just had Boneyard's RPM IPA for the first time. On tap. I loved it. Excited for the bottling to begin.

I've liked both Silver Moon beers I've tried.

I'm one of the folks who live so rural that there are no breweries in the area. Two hours to get anywhere. I have Rogue over in Newport. And there is Ninkasi and, I think, Oakshire in Eugene. Pelican up in Pacific City wins awards, but I've never had a beer I really liked from them, though I've only tried, perhaps, three from them. I guess there are some guys in Florence, Oregon, who are brewing in a warehouse, or something, and one never can be quite sure when they are open, or if they have beer. I'd like to get there to try them out.

Hopworks Urban Brewery
Hair Of The Dog
New Old Lompoc
Laurelwood
Alameda

Good ones but then there's
Amnesia
Gigantic
That I would add.

Or just about any other brew pub that is within about 5 miles of where I am at any time in Portland. Plus every bar has rotating taps of very good local beer.I feel sorry for you guys that have to settle.